Joseph barkow



JOSEPH BARROVV, 0F MOBILE, ALABAMA.

Lettera Patent No. 64,273, dated April 30, 1867.

IMPROVED BUCKLE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Jesi-:rn BAnnow, of Mobile, in the county of Mobile,and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful improvement inBuckles and I do hereby declare that the following is u full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in ,the artto make and use the saule.l reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a buckle to be used for harnesses,clothing, or any other purpose for which buckles are ordinarilyemployed, orto which the present form of bucklemay be applicable oradaptable; and it consists in a novcl construction of the same, wherebyit can be readily fastened to or unfastened from the article upon whichit is to be used, and many other iinportan't advantages secured, as willbe obvious from the following detail description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in whichf- Figure 1 isa front view of the buckle, showing u. strap fastened and buckled toit'; and

Figure 2, a section taken in the plane of the line :v 1:,ig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the lframe of the buckle, having near itscentral portion, B, two parallel cross-bars, C C. on cach of which ishung a tongue, D, extending in opposite directions, and resting by theirouter ends upon the opposite ends, E, of the buckle-frame, F, across-clasp or band fixed to the front side of the buckle-frame, .and ator near its centre, under which clasps the ends of the strap G arepassed, as plainly shown in the drawings. By means of the two tongues D,which, as is obvious, are independent of cach other, the buckle can b efirst secured. or buckled to one en d o f a strap, for instance, towhich it is to be applied, and

then passing the other eiid of such strap underthe other end of the'buckle-frame and inserting the tongue of that end in the proper apertureof the strap, its two ends are thus brought and secured together; thefastening of the buckle to the strap'by simply buckling it, asexplained, enabling itvto be readily detached therefrom when so desired,the advantages and importance of which are obvious. In lieu of the twocross-bars C, only one may be used, the two tongues being hung to it,but in such a manner as to swing independently of each other.

I claim as new, and desire to securev by Letters Patent- The buckle,constructed o'f a continuous rigid `frame A, with bars C, onwhich arehung the tongues D, having independent motions, and the clasp F, forholding the ends of the strap, asherein represented and described.

JOSEPH BARROW.

Witnesses:

A. J. LEFEVRE, -W1u. R. ROBERTSON.

